Italy and Spain face similar challenges in managing migration originating from and transiting through Africa. This paper provides a broad view of the evolution of their migration policies with the aim of encouraging an improved and broadened dialogue between the two countries.

İlke Toygür and Bianca Benvenuti. ARI 21/2017 - 21/3/2017.

An honest assessment of the refugee deal is very much needed since the EU is considering new ones with other transit countries. Both Turkey and key EU countries are facing electoral challenges as well: internal politics and foreign policy decisions are highly interwoven.

Patrícia Lisa. Expert Comment 31/2016 - 6/7/2016.

2016 can still be remembered as the moment of the successful call for the unilateral reestablishment of national border controls, leading to a progressive decline of freedom of movement in the EU. Another shock to Schengen’s foundations must not be allowed to happen again.

Carmen González Enríquez. ARI 47/2016 (English version) - 13/6/2016.

Spain can boast of having integrated a wave of migrants of singular size and intensity into its society. It is still, however, a long way from the countries where first-generation immigrants and their offspring have secured prominent roles in public life.

Patricia Lisa. Expert Comment 15/2016 - 8/4/2016.

The EU-Turkey agreement is a far cry from Angela
Merkel’s open borders policy of the summer of 2015. The only chance for
such a voluntary-based agreement to work lies in the Member
States’ willingness and solidarity.

lke Toygür and Melih Özsöz. ARI 27/2016 - 15/3/2016.

The refugee deal of 2015, followed by the opening up
of a negotiation chapter, has revitalised the relations between
Turkey and the EU; however, there are crucial points to bear
in mind for future relations to be sustained.

Schengen is the main collective asset that the EU has
produced, along with the euro and the common market. However, it is
currently in grave jeopardy of disappearing as far as its land
borders are concerned.